Nick Macchione,
Director, Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego County, CA on
the diversity of the population in San Diego with it's 4 distinct
weather zones and threats of fires, extreme heat and earthquakes.
Nick reveals how gathering data from a wide range of sources and
using GIS data and predictive analytics...

Chris Fulcher
PhD Director of the Center for Applied Research and
Environmental Systems, Division of Applied Social Sciences,
University of Missouri talks about the development of the Community
Commons online tool using open data from federal and local sources
to address Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA)....

Andrew Schroeder
PhD, Director of Research and Analysis, Direct Relief
discusses the global spread of Zika and other mosquito borne viral
diseases, impact of climate change on insects, and using real-time
maps to prevent and mitigate epidemics by getting medicine to the
right place at the right time.

About the Podcast

Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda is a window into the latest innovations in digital health, the changing dynamic between doctors and patients, the emergence of personalized medicine, aging in place, wearables and sensors, clinical trials and advances in clinical research, payer trends, transparency in the medical marketplace and challenges for connected health entrepreneurs. This show continues to evolve driven by the convergence of a diverse array of industries.